Hackers seeking to breach security are ahead of most would-be business implementers when it comes to figuring out the detail of IPv6 and are more motivated, a Wellington seminar has heard.
If a government agency does not intend using IPv6 in the near term, and has IPv6-capable devices communicating with its network, then IPv6 capability will have to be consciously turned off, Jonathan Berry of the Government Communications Security bureau warns. "That's prudent behaviour. Any sort of network hardening will push you down a path of turning off services and functionality you don't need," he told the seminar, on "Practical IPv6 for Government".